Wire fence stretcher



(No Model.)

G.M.LAMB.

WIRE FENCE STRETGHEB..

Patented June 18, 1895.

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WIRE FENCE STRETHBR. Y

No. 541,240. Patented June 18,1895;

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CHARLESA M. LAMB, or ADR1AN,Mion1eAN, AssieNoR rro THE PAGE wovEN WIRE FENCE COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

WIRE-FENCE STRETCHERQ erEcIFIcATroN forming part of Lettere Patent No. 541,240, dated June is, 189 5. Application filed April 16,1895. Serial No. 5d5,929. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom if; may concern,.-V furcated head m,between the prongs ot' which Be it knownthat I, CHARLESM. LAMB,acitithe sprockets extend in the rotation of the Zen of the United States, residing at Adrian, device B. in the county of Lenawee and State of' Michi- E is a shaft containing the two eccentrics 55 gan, haveinvented a new and useful Improve` rand rand journaled in the end of the frame ment in IVire-Fence Stretchers, of which the adjacent to its extensions o', which carry a following is a specitication. clevisp. On the eccentricsrand r are loosely My invention relates to an improvement in` supported the dogs D and D', to extenthrethe class of devices for stretching wire, and spectively,into engagement with the ratchets 6o ro particularly' for stretching wire fence to B and B2; and the relative positions of the tighten the same in putting it up. eccentrics are such,that when the shaft,wl1ich The object of my invention is to provide a is preferably actuated by 'oscillating it, is simple and durable construction of pullerv or turned in one direction, it advances one dog stretcher, which may be readily applied to its against its ratchet to turn it, and retracts the 65 t5 work and serve to enable the application,with other dog upon its ratchet to bring it behind the exertion of comparatively little power, of a tooth preparatory to turning that ratchet great force to the object being pulled or by turning the shaft in the opposite direction.

stretched. The shaft is worked through the medium of My invention is illustrated in the accompaahandleF extending from it between the dogs. 7o zo nying drawings, in which- To apply myimprovedstretcheroperatively Figure l is a view, diagrammatic in its to wire-fence G (Fig. l) to be stretched, I emnature, showing myimproved wire fence ploy a clamp-bar II provided with a series of stretcher in operation; Fig. 2, a plan view of holes l, through which to bolt plates k to the the stretcher with the handle in section; Fig. bar, and apply the clamp-bar, in putting up 75 25 3, a view of the same in side elevation with the fence, to the wires of the latter by extend the handle shown broken; Fig. 4, a section ing one wire between each plate k and the bar taken at the line 4 on Fig. 2 and viewed in H, and clamping the Wires by tightening the the direction of the arrow; Fig. 5, a section bolts which nfasten the plates in place. To taken at the line 5 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the bar H, on opposite sides of its center, I 8o 3o the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 6 a secfasten the ends of a chain I,on which is apultion taken at the line 6 on Fig. 2 and viewed ley-block I provided with la hook 'L' for conin the direction of the arrow. nection with the pulley-block of one end of the A is the frame, preferably of the general chain K, passed at its opposite end about the rectangular shape illustrated, and which I presprockets h of the sprocket-wheel B3, shown as S 5 3 5 fer to form in two cast sections A and A2, four in number and at a distance apart correeach provided with an extension o at one end sponding with the length of each link in the and with an extension o at its opposite end, chain K. From the clevis p, the stretcher is at which extensions the sections are bolted connected by a chain L with a rigid support, together. Along their outer sides, the s'ecsuch as the post M. To ettect the 'stretching,'9o

4o tions should be provided with strengthening the handle F is worked back and. forth, each ribs, as shown, and with bosses t where bearmovement turning the device B to draw upon ings are provided in the frame for parts herethe chain K, the alternate links of which, peneinafter described. In the frame, near one end, trated by the sprockets, as they pass over the is immovably fastened a shaft n carrying a stripper C in the rotation of the sprockot- 95 45 rotatable combined double ratchet-wheel and wheel, are stripped from the sprockets. By interposed sprocket-wheel device B, the ratchthus drawing upon the chain K, the chain I ets B and B2 of which flank and are preferand clamp-bar are drawn to stretch the wires ably cast integral with the sprocket-wheel B3. of the fence, which, when sufficiently taut, are

Between the extensions 0 of the frame is fastened to a post N by staples g'. On then roo 5o fastened a stripper C, comprising a stein fm loosening the chain L from its support M clamped between the extensions o,`and a bithe stretcher and its connections may readily be disconnected from the fence to be again applied in the manner already described in stretching another fence-section.

While the particular construction of my improved stretcher is the best known to me for its purpose, it may be variously modified, as to details, without departure from my invention. For example, I do not desire to limit my improvement to the use ot the sprocketwheel B3, since any suitable form of pulley, for winding upon it aexible connection with Wire to be stretched, may be used. Furthermore, I may employ only one dog and one ratchet; or it' two of each be employed, they need not, necessarily, he on opposite sides of the sprocket-wheel.

For the sake of brevity I refer to my invention in the foregoing description and in the appended claims, as a stretcher and wirefence4 stretcher. I use it, however, for other pulling purposes, as well as for stretching. Hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to its mere stretching function, but intend to cover it for any pulling purpose to which it is applicable.

`What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a wire-fence stretcher, the combination with a frame of a cog-wheel journaled therein, means connected with said wheel to rotate with it for engaging a flexible connecting medium between the stretcher and fence to be stretched, an eccentric journaled in the frame, and carrying a dog to engage said cogwheel, and means for working the eccentric, substantially as described.

2. In a wire-fence stretcher, the combination with a frame of a cog-wheel journaledV therein, a sprocket-wheel connected with the tion with a frame of a pair of cog-wheels I journaled therein and carrying between them a sprocket-wheel, a stripper ou the frame in advance of said sprocket-wheel, an eccentricshaft journaled in the frame, a pair of dogs having its members on dierent ecceutrics of said shaft, each to engage one of said cogwheels and be actuated alternately back and forth with relation thereto by Working said shaft, and an operating handle on the crankshaft, substantially as described. h

4. A wire-fence stretcher comprising, in combination, a rectangular frame A carrying at one end a clevis p, a combined double cogwheel and interposed sprocket-wheel device B journaled in the frame near one end thereof,

a stripper C on the frame adjacent to said sprocket-wheel, an eccentric-shaft E journaled in the frame near its opposite end, dogs D and D respectively on the eccentrics lr and r ofjsaid shaft and au operating handle F on the shaft, substantially as described.

CHARLES M. LAMB. In presence of- R. R. RoBBrNs, A. M. STEPHENsoN. 

